Cumberland County proclaims March 16–22 as 4‑H Week

The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners read a proclamation declaring March 16–22 as 4‑H Week and invited local 4‑H members and volunteers to the courthouse for photographs and brief remarks.

The proclamation, read aloud by the meeting chair, said 4‑H is the largest youth development organization in the country, serving nearly 6,000,000 youth, and noted Penn State Cooperative Extension’s work supporting 4‑H in all 67 counties of the Commonwealth. The chair said the event was “one of the best parts of what we do.”

Tina Reich, the county’s 4‑H educator, thanked the commissioners for the proclamation and for supporting the program. “Thank you for the proclamation … I enjoy what I do, and I appreciate you guys supporting us every step of the way,” Reich said. Mary Kutz, a 4‑H leader who described her group as the Farmstalk Club, introduced several grandchildren who participate and said members learn responsibility through showing animals at county fairs.

The commissioners also handled routine business: a consent agenda was moved, seconded, and approved by voice vote at the start of the meeting. No contested items were removed from the consent agenda.

After the proclamation was read, participants posed for photographs in the courthouse and offered brief remarks about the program and its activities, including animal projects and public presentations at fairs. The meeting then moved to adjournment.

Notes: The proclamation text included numeric details attributed to Penn State Cooperative Extension’s 4‑H program (for example, a national figure of “nearly 6,000,000 youth” and a statewide total of more than 77,000 youth ages 5–18). A figure in the proclamation for Cumberland County youth in 2024 was transcribed as “16 27” in the meeting record; that phrasing is reported here as written in the proclamation.